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1. (adj.) infectious
communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another.
2. infectious
causing or communicating infection.
3. infectious
tending to spread quickly and generally:
infectious laughter.
4. infectious
Obs. diseased.
Etymology: (1940–45)
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| Definition of 'infectious' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) infectious, infective
caused by infection or capable of causing infection
"viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"
2. (adj) infectious
easily spread
"fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
3. (adj) infectious
of or relating to infection
"infectious hospital"; "infectious disease"
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1. (adjective) infectious
(of a disease) easily passed from one person to another
a highly infectious stomach bug
2. infectious
(of behavior) causing others to do the same
an infectious laugh
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| Definition of 'infectious' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) infectious
having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices
2. (adj) infectious
corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing
3. (adj) infectious
contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture
4. (adj) infectious
capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth
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Sense: likely to spread to others
Measles is an infectious disease.
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 Afrikaans: aansteeklik |
 Arabic: مُعْدٍ، ناقِل العَدْوى |
 Bulgarian: заразен |
 Brazilian: infeccioso |
 Czech: nakažlivý |
 German: ansteckend |
 Danish: smitsom |
 Greek: μολυσματικός |
 Spanish: infeccioso |
 Estonian: nakkus- |
 Farsi: واگیر دار |
 Finnish: tarttuva |
 French: contagieux |
 Hebrew: מִידַבֵּק |
 Hindi: छूत से लगने वाला |
 Croatian: zarazan |
 Hungarian: fertőző |
 Indonesian: menular |
 Icelandic: smitandi |
 Italian: infettivo, contagioso |
 Japanese: 伝染性の |
 Korean: 전염성인 |
 Lithuanian: užkrečiamas, infekcinis |
 Latvian: infekcijas-; lipīgs |
 Malay: berjangkit |
 Dutch: besmettelijk |
 Norwegian: smittsom, smittende |
 Polish: zakaźny |
 Persian: واگیر دار |
 Pashto: ساري،ساري مرض |
 Portuguese: infeccioso |
 Romanian: contagios |
 Russian: заразный |
 Slovak: nákazlivý |
 Slovenian: nalezljiv |
 Serbian: zarazan |
 Swedish: smittsam |
 Thai: ซึ่งติดเชื้อ |
 Turkish: bulaşıcı |
 Taiwanese: 會傳染的 |
 Ukrainian: заразний; інфекційний |
 Urdu: متعدی |
 Vietnamese: truyền nhiễm |
 Chinese: 有传染性的，传染的 |
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